Donald Davidson

Details

Instance of

human

Born

6 March 1917

Died

30 August 2003

Place of birth

Springfield

Place of death

Berkeley

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Donald

Family name

Davidson

Field of work

philosophy

Occupation

philosopher, university teacher

Citizenship

United States

Religion

atheism

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship, Hegel Prize, Jean Nicod Prize, Carus Lectures

academic degree

professor

doctoral advisor

Willard Van Orman Quine

doctoral student

Stephen Yablo, Michael Bratman, Howard Burdick

educated at

Harvard University, Staten Island Academy

employer

Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Stanford University Philosophy Department, Stanford University, The Rockefeller University

influenced by

Saul Kripke, Immanuel Kant, Frank P. Ramsey, Benedictus de Spinoza, Alfred North Whitehead, Hilary Putnam, Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, Willard Van Orman Quine, Alfred Tarski, Michael Dummett, Paul Grice

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society

name in native language

Donald Herbert Davidson

residence

Berkeley

topic's main category

Category:Donald Davidson

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